नारद उवाच
अथाह गालवं दीनं सुपर्णः पततां वरः ॥
निर्मितं वह्निना भूमौ वायुना वैधितं तथा ॥
यस्माद् धिरण्मयं सर्वं हिरण्यं तेन चोच्यते ॥
धत्ते धारयते चेदम् एतस्मात् कारणाद् धनम् ॥
तद् एतत् त्रिषु लोकेषु धनं तिष्ठति शाश्वतम् ॥
नित्यं प्रोष्ठपदाभ्यां च शुक्रे धनपतौ तथा ॥
मनुष्येभ्यः समादत्ते शुक्रश् चित्तार्जितं धनम् ॥
अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यै रक्ष्यते धनदेन च ॥
एवं न शक्यते लब्धुम् अलब्धव्यं द्विजर्षभ ॥
ऋते च धनम् अश्वानां नावाप्तिर् विद्यते तव ॥
अर्थं याचात्र राजानं कं चिद् राजर्षिवंशजम् ॥
अपीड्य राजा पौरान् हि यो नौ कुर्यात् कृतार्थिनौ ॥
nārada uvāca
athāha gālavaṃ dīnaṃ suparṇaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ ||
nirmitaṃ vahninā bhūmau vāyunā vaidhitaṃ tathā ||
yasmād dhiraṇmayaṃ sarvaṃ hiraṇyaṃ tena cocyate ||
dhatte dhārayate cedam etasmāt kāraṇād dhanam ||
tad etat triṣu lokeṣu dhanaṃ tiṣṭhati śāśvatam ||
nityaṃ proṣṭhapadābhyāṃ ca śukre dhanapatau tathā ||
manuṣyebhyaḥ samādatte śukraś cittārjitaṃ dhanam ||
ajaikapādahirbudhnyai rakṣyate dhanadena ca ||
evaṃ na śakyate labdhum alabdhavyaṃ dvijarṣabha ||
ṛte ca dhanam aśvānāṃ nāvāptir vidyate tava ||
arthaṃ yācātra rājānaṃ kaṃ cid rājarṣivaṃśajam ||
apīḍya rājā paurān hi yo nau kuryāt kṛtārthinau ||
Narada said: "Then Suparna, best among the winged, said to the dejected Galava, 'Wealth is hard to obtain. Gold, created by fire on the earth and fanned by the wind, is called hiranya, because it is entirely golden. It bears and sustains this world, and for this reason is called dhana, wealth. This eternal wealth abides in the three worlds; it is forever bound to the two Proshthapadas, to Shukra, and to the lord of wealth. Shukra takes from men the wealth earned by effort of mind; it is guarded by Ajaikapada, Ahirbudhnya, and Kubera. Thus the unattainable cannot be obtained, O best of the twice-born. And without wealth you will not get horses. For your purpose, ask here some king born in the line of royal sages, who, without oppressing his citizens, could make us both attain our goal.'"
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Garuda brings Galava back to his senses: effort and despair alone are not enough when the means is objectively unattainable. Wealth is described as a power bound to cosmic order and its guardians, not as some random possession. The right path, then, is to seek a worthy giver, without causing harm to his subjects.